floaty

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas

   Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.

   • [S]ome fevv buttes of beare being flotie they got, vvhich though it had lien ſix moneths vnder vvater vvas very good, […]
   • The Oxonians, too, though, judging by avoirdupois, they were big enough for the floatiest outrigger, preferred the old friend in which they had won the 'Varsity in 1878 and 'suffered' last year.
   • There was no going back to being Mommy Belle, […] the woman who made the "floatiest" matzoh balls on the face of the earth.
2. 2

   Of music

   Of music: light and relaxing.

   • All the floaty music in the world could not disguise my grunts [during a massage] as I clenched my teeth and curled my toes to fight the pain.
3. 3

   Of an object

   Of an object: light and flimsy or soft; specifically, of a dress: lightweight, so as to rise away from the body when the wearer is moving.

   • O here is a Bed / Shrinkproofer than that, / A floatier, boatier / Bed than that!
   • But deep down she had a passion for kitchen comforts— […] for a perfectly piped butter icing on top of the highest, lightest, floatiest lemon cupcake.
   • Flip had spent all morning trimming and styling her hair so it looked as much like her nephew’s as possible. The lady had put on her longest, floatiest dress too, in the hope that the man would be able to fit into it.
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   1. 4

      Of a person

      Of a person: feeling calm, dreamy, happy, etc., as if floating in the air.

      • Surprise! Surprise! When the lights flick on in a darkened room and grinning friends spring from behind the sofa, joy jumps up like a jack-in-the-box. We feel bubblier than any vintage champagne, floatier than a bunch of balloons.
   2. 5

      Of speech or writing

      Of speech or writing: overly complicated or elaborate; flowery, grandiloquent.

      • [William Butler] Yeats divests himself of his floatier fin-de-siècle rhetoric to discover a hard plain speech both properly twentieth century and pre-nineteenth century.
   3. 6

      A particle of food, etc., found floating in liquid.

      • Why don't you stop slathering millions of things on your face, and lather up with my gentle Swan? It's the loveliest, pure, mild floatie—why, it'll get you clean as a baby!
      • If I dip my Oreos into milk, once the Oreos are gone I can't drink the milk with the floaties in it no matter how much milk is left.
   4. 7

      A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain…

      A lilo (inflatable air mattress) or similar object that floats on water and can be lain or sat on.

   5. 8

      Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the…

      Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”).

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